Considered from an investment standpoint, commodities such as oil and gold continue to rise in nominal terms while the dollar falls, but sticky consumer pricesremain relatively stable.
Objective Analysis has been forecasting for the past two years that a DRAM shortage would commence in mid-2013 causing prices to remainstable through the middle of 2015.
Not surprisingly, areas where local economies remainstable and healthy where home prices will increase this year are showing high home improvement sales.